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Working with the Chord Functions
Introduction
The chord functions provide you with many possibilities for working with chords. They
allow you to build chord progressions by adding chord events to the chord track. You
can transform chord events to MIDI, or you can use the chord track to extract chord
information from MIDI data to get an overview of the harmonic structure of a MIDI file.
Furthermore, you can transpose MIDI and audio data using the chord track.
In this chapter, you find some examples that may serve you as starting points for
further experimenting. Feel free to play with the tools and find new and innovative
ways of composing music.
Ö For a description of the chord editing functions that are available in the Key Editor, see
“Inserting and Editing Chords with the Chord Editing Tools” on page 492.
The Chord Track
On the chord track, you can add chord events and scale events, see “Chord Events”
on page 543 and “Scale Events” on page 544. The events on the chord track are not
meant to sound by themselves. Instead, they should be seen as meta data. They can
transform the pitches of MIDI notes or VariAudio segments on other tracks, but they
do not create nor delete notes, and they do not change the time position or length of
the notes.
Auditioning the Chord Track
To hear the events on the chord track, you can connect the chord track to the output
of a MIDI track or an instrument track.
Proceed as follows:
1. On the Project menu, open the “Add Track” submenu, and select Chord.
2. Add an instrument or a MIDI track, and assign a VST instrument to it.
3. In the track list of the chord track, activate the “Audition Chords” button, open the
“Select Track for Auditioning” pop-up menu, and select the instrument or MIDI track.
If you now add chord events to the chord track, they trigger the sound of the assigned
instrument on the MIDI or instrument track.
Audition Chords Select Track for Auditioning